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The Year I Met My Brain

A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

by Matilda Boseley ...

Narrated by Matilda Boseley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met ... Read more

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Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.The Year I Met
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If This Is A Man/The Truce

'Miraculous' Philippe Sands

by Primo Levi ...

Narrated by Henry Goodman ...

Unabridged

16 hours 24 min

"With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, dutiful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose. He was profoundly in touch with the minutest workings of the most endearing human events and with the most ... Read more

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"With the moral stamina and intellectual poise of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, dutiful, unassuming chemist set out systematically to remember the German hell on earth, steadfastly to think it through, and then to render it comprehensible in lucid, unpretentious prose. He was profoundly in touch with the minutest workings of the most endearing human events and with the most
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

by Catherine Gray ...

Narrated by Catherine Gray ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ... ... Read more

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'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ...
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American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...

Narrated by Jeff Cummings ...

Unabridged

26 hours 30 min

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the ... Read more

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The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the
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Undoctored

The No.1 bestseller from the author of 'This Is Going to Hurt'

by Adam Kay ...

Narrated by Adam Kay, Reverend Richard Coles ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story.By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him.It's about an extraordinary medical school education ... Read more

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This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century, read by many millions, loved by at least fifty of them, and adapted into a major TV series. But it was only part of the story.By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and humbling, Undoctored is about what happens when a doctor hangs up his scrubs, but medicine refuses to let go of him.It's about an extraordinary medical school education
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An Unquiet Mind

A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison ...

Narrated by Kay Redfield Jamison ...

Abridged

2 hours 46 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs
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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 32 min

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”In ... Read more

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One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”In
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Duty of Care

One Doctor’s Story of the Covid-19 Crisis

by Dr Dominic Pimenta ...

Narrated by Dr Dominic Pimenta ...

Unabridged

10 hours 29 min

The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside hospitals to save lives and combat the virus on the front line. This audiobook features additional questions and answers with the author Dr Dominic Pimenta, providing even further expert insights.On the 8th of February, Dr Dominic Pimenta encountered his first suspected case of coronavirus. Within a ... Read more

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The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside hospitals to save lives and combat the virus on the front line. This audiobook features additional questions and answers with the author Dr Dominic Pimenta, providing even further expert insights.On the 8th of February, Dr Dominic Pimenta encountered his first suspected case of coronavirus. Within a
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All Things Bright and Beautiful

The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

by James Herriot ...

Narrated by Christopher Timothy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers ... Read more

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The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers
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Unmasking AI

My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

by Joy Buolamwini ...

Narrated by Joy Buolamwini ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1 ... Read more

$31.46 AUD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1
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Tending Lives

Nurses on the Medical Front

by Echo Heron ...

Narrated by Full Cast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Echo Heron served for eighteen years as a critical care nurse. In this book, she relates the true and riveting stories of nurses staff whose every-day experiences in the front line of medicine will inspire the listener. “Heron gives a voice to her fellow nurses (a savvy, wisecracking, take-no-guff voice) and turns them into real people.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) ... Read more

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Echo Heron served for eighteen years as a critical care nurse. In this book, she relates the true and riveting stories of nurses staff whose every-day experiences in the front line of medicine will inspire the listener. “Heron gives a voice to her fellow nurses (a savvy, wisecracking, take-no-guff voice) and turns them into real people.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
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Paarläufe der Wissenschaft

Ernst Peter Fischer erzählt

by Ernst Peter Fischer, Klaus Sander ...

Narrated by Ernst Peter Fischer, David Hilbert, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn0, Erwin Schrödinger1, Max Delbrück2, Francis Crick3, James D. Watson4 ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

001 Erzählen über Wissenschaft 002 Das Jahr 1900 David Hilbert und Max Planck 003 David Hilbert 004 David Hilbert (1930): Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen 005 Max Planck 006 Max Planck, die späten Jahre 007 Max Planck (1939): Das Wesen der Wissenschaft Albert Einstein und Niels Bohr 006 Albert Einstein 007 Niels Bohr 008 Albert Einstein und das Geheimnis des Lichts 009 Niels Bohr und das ... Read more

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001 Erzählen über Wissenschaft 002 Das Jahr 1900 David Hilbert und Max Planck 003 David Hilbert 004 David Hilbert (1930): Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen 005 Max Planck 006 Max Planck, die späten Jahre 007 Max Planck (1939): Das Wesen der Wissenschaft Albert Einstein und Niels Bohr 006 Albert Einstein 007 Niels Bohr 008 Albert Einstein und das Geheimnis des Lichts 009 Niels Bohr und das
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Eine Träne hat mich gerettet: Sie hielten mich für tot, aber ich kämpfte mich zurück ins Leben

by Angèle Lieby, Angèle Lieby ...

Narrated by Astrid Schulz ...

Series series Bewegende Schicksale
Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

Wegen starker Kopfschmerzen wird Angèle Lieby in die Notaufnahme gebracht. Als sie das Bewusstsein verliert, versetzt man sie in ein künstliches Koma, aus dem sie nicht mehr aufwacht. Die Ärzte erklären sie für tot und raten dem Ehemann, die Beerdigung vorzubereiten. Doch Angèle lebt. Eingesperrt in ihrem Körper leidet sie höllische Qualen. Erst als ihre Tochter sie anfleht, nicht zu gehen, rinnt ... Read more

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Wegen starker Kopfschmerzen wird Angèle Lieby in die Notaufnahme gebracht. Als sie das Bewusstsein verliert, versetzt man sie in ein künstliches Koma, aus dem sie nicht mehr aufwacht. Die Ärzte erklären sie für tot und raten dem Ehemann, die Beerdigung vorzubereiten. Doch Angèle lebt. Eingesperrt in ihrem Körper leidet sie höllische Qualen. Erst als ihre Tochter sie anfleht, nicht zu gehen, rinnt
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My Inventions

by Nikola Tesla ...

Narrated by Jason McCoy ...

Unabridged

2 hours 33 min

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He is best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system, the successful system in the "War of Currents" and the Tesla coil. Nikolas Tesla's patents and theoretical work helped form the basis of wireless communication and radio. He is also ... Read more

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Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, and futurist. He is best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system, the successful system in the "War of Currents" and the Tesla coil. Nikolas Tesla's patents and theoretical work helped form the basis of wireless communication and radio. He is also
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The Power In The People

How We Can Change The World

by Michael Mansfield ...

Narrated by Michael Mansfield ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

'I want this book to inspire people, give them a blueprint for fighting their own battles, and challenge the status quo. To see that together, we are always stronger. To understand that those who stand in the way of change cannot do so forever.' Michael Mansfield, KCBarrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, ... Read more

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'I want this book to inspire people, give them a blueprint for fighting their own battles, and challenge the status quo. To see that together, we are always stronger. To understand that those who stand in the way of change cannot do so forever.' Michael Mansfield, KCBarrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six,
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Einstein in Time and Space

A Life in 99 Particles

by Samuel Graydon ...

Narrated by George Reid ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

A rollercoaster ride through the life and ideas of the twentieth century's most famous and controversial scientist in 99 sparkling vignettes.DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAINHis face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, h... ... Read more

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A rollercoaster ride through the life and ideas of the twentieth century's most famous and controversial scientist in 99 sparkling vignettes.DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAINHis face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, h...
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The Land of Maybe

A Faroe Islands Year

by Tim Ecott ...

Narrated by Tim Ecott ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

'In this excellent book, Ecott's evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.' - PAUL THEROUX'I never want to leave the remote island world so atmospherically, precisely educed between the covers of this book. Ecott's prose has the power of tides, his perception is as searching as the Atlantic wind, and he has the soul of a natural-born naturalist. A masterpiece.' - ... Read more

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'In this excellent book, Ecott's evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.' - PAUL THEROUX'I never want to leave the remote island world so atmospherically, precisely educed between the covers of this book. Ecott's prose has the power of tides, his perception is as searching as the Atlantic wind, and he has the soul of a natural-born naturalist. A masterpiece.' -
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Syge historier

- fra et langt lægeliv

by Anders Fomsgaard, Sune Ehlers ...

Narrated by Anders Fomsgaard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

I Syge historier fortæller læge og forfatter Anders Fomsgaard historier fra et langt liv tæt på alverdens sygdomme.Sygehistorier er en vigtig del af den måde, læger når frem til en diagnose på, og de er en del af alles livsfortælling, for sygdomme undslipper ingen.Bogen er som Anders Fomsgaards tidligere udgivelse, Det er bare en virus, en kombination af erindringer og faglig viden. Den handler om ... Read more

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I Syge historier fortæller læge og forfatter Anders Fomsgaard historier fra et langt liv tæt på alverdens sygdomme.Sygehistorier er en vigtig del af den måde, læger når frem til en diagnose på, og de er en del af alles livsfortælling, for sygdomme undslipper ingen.Bogen er som Anders Fomsgaards tidligere udgivelse, Det er bare en virus, en kombination af erindringer og faglig viden. Den handler om
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Deep Water Dream

A Medical Voyage of Discovery in Rural Northern Ontario

by Gretchen Roedde ...

Narrated by Catherine Alexander ...

Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

A hopeful memoir that shares the author’s voyage of discovery as a mother, wife, and physician in underserved communities in northern Ontario.In underserved areas of Canada, the communities themselves can be one of the strongest parts of the health care team. Dr. Gretchen Roedde shows how local communities play a major role in responding to illness, birth, and death, making each more meaningful ... Read more

$26.09 AUD

A hopeful memoir that shares the author’s voyage of discovery as a mother, wife, and physician in underserved communities in northern Ontario.In underserved areas of Canada, the communities themselves can be one of the strongest parts of the health care team. Dr. Gretchen Roedde shows how local communities play a major role in responding to illness, birth, and death, making each more meaningful
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Man of the Hour

James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist

by Jennet Conant ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

24 hours 3 min

“Gripping…an outstanding portrait” (The Wall Street Journal) of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant—a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War—told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant.James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the twentieth century. As ... Read more

$62.91 AUD

“Gripping…an outstanding portrait” (The Wall Street Journal) of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant—a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War—told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant.James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the twentieth century. As
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100 quotes by Albert Einstein

by Albert Einstein, Albert Einstein ...

Narrated by Paul Spera ...

Unabridged

25 min

'100 Quotes by Albert Einstein' is a collection of thoughts, discoveries, and reflections from one of the greatest minds the world has ever known.Ideal for those who want to get to know the man behind the formula, it offers an incisive introduction to his views, without having to wade through scientific papers.Often funny, sometimes surprising, and always bristling with uncanny intelligence, this ... Read more

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'100 Quotes by Albert Einstein' is a collection of thoughts, discoveries, and reflections from one of the greatest minds the world has ever known.Ideal for those who want to get to know the man behind the formula, it offers an incisive introduction to his views, without having to wade through scientific papers.Often funny, sometimes surprising, and always bristling with uncanny intelligence, this
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Culture Gap

Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley

by Judith Plant ...

Narrated by Judith Plant ...

Unabridged

2 hours 58 min

The pervasive, and intriguing, stories surrounding the mysterious Camelsfoot Commune in the Yalakom valley, BC, Canada.Culture Gap: Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley tells the story of a two year sojourn at the Camelsfoot Commume in a remote valley in BC, Canada. The challenges and privations, the joys and adventures of rural communal living, form the backdrop to the human drama the author ... Read more

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The pervasive, and intriguing, stories surrounding the mysterious Camelsfoot Commune in the Yalakom valley, BC, Canada.Culture Gap: Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley tells the story of a two year sojourn at the Camelsfoot Commume in a remote valley in BC, Canada. The challenges and privations, the joys and adventures of rural communal living, form the backdrop to the human drama the author
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Up Home

One Girl's Journey

by Ruth J. Simmons ...

Narrated by Ruth J. Simmons ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies of Smith College and Brown University shines with tenderness and dignity.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“A riveting work of literature, destined to take its place in the canon of ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies of Smith College and Brown University shines with tenderness and dignity.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“A riveting work of literature, destined to take its place in the canon of
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My Inventions

The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Ben E ...

Unabridged

3 hours 6 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nikola Tesla's autobiography, originally published as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine in 1919. Tesla recounts his extraordinary life from a childhood in rural Croatia to his world-changing inventions in America — the alternating current motor, the Tesla coil, wireless power transmission, and more. A fascinating window into the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nikola Tesla's autobiography, originally published as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine in 1919. Tesla recounts his extraordinary life from a childhood in rural Croatia to his world-changing inventions in America — the alternating current motor, the Tesla coil, wireless power transmission, and more. A fascinating window into the
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